Bed-hail lock



' W. A. HAMILTON BED RAIL LOCK Filed Oct. l'7 1924 llllllllll r AITORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED VSTAT'ES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. HAM Lronor GILLESPIE, ILLINOIS.

BED-RAI LOCK.

Application filed October 17, 1924. Serial No.'744,237.

I present invention is the provision of a device which is particularly adapted for use in securely locking the side rails of a bed to the upright posts so as to prevent any movement of the rails with respect to the posts.

Another object of my invention is the pro vision of a bed-rail lock wherein the side rails of a bed may be quickly'andreadily attached and securely locked to the "upright posts of a bed and may be quickly and readily detached when so desired.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, the combination and an rangement of parts hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in, which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of-a bed rail illustrating the same attached to one of the corner posts, the post being shown in cross section,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the bracket attached to the post,

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating a slightly modified form of bracket.

Referring now more particularly tothe drawings, the numeral 1 indicates one of the corner posts of the drawing, the post in the present instance being illustrated as a hollow metallic post and attached thereto at one side is a bracket which comprises an attaching plate 2 having a substantially U- shaped arm 3 extending at right-angles therefrom with the corner portions thereof cut away to form the oblique faces 4. Formed within the faces 4 are the longitudinal is provided with an opening 7 thru which,

the bolt 8 extends. This bolt is provided with a h n rl head 9 a p d o embra the angular portions of the rail 6 and the inner end of the bolt engages in one of the slots 5 as shown and has a wing nut :10 threaded upon'the inner end whichbears against the inner surface of one of the oblique portions 4, a washer 11 being disposed between the nut 10 and the oblique surface whereby the head 9 of the bolt may be tightly clamped against the angular portion of the rail 6 to securely fasten the same on to the arm 3.

It will be noted that by having the U- shaped arm 3 provided at its corners with the oblique portions 4, the bracket may be used equally as well on any one of the corner posts and always be maintained in position for supporting thereon the ends of the side rails and as each of the oblique portions 4 are provided with longitudinal slots 5, the bolt 8 may be quickly and readily engaged with the bracket and the nut 10, tightened, against the inner face of the oblique portions for securely clamping the ends of the rails 6 on to the brackets.

The plate 2 may be attached to the hollow post 1 in any'suitable manner, but in the present instance, I have illustrated a bolt 12 passed thru the plate and thru the wall of the post with a nut 13 threaded upon the inner end of the bolt for securing the plate on to the post.-

In Fig. 4, I have illustrated a slightly 1 modified form of the invention which is particularly adapted for use on wooden-bed posts, and in this form of the invention, the

plate 2 is provided with" a plurality of openings and extending thruthese openings are suitable screw members 14 which engage with the material of the postfor securing theplate 2 in an upright position as shown iii-Fig. 44 This plate 2 is, also, provided with the U-shaped arm 3 the corners of which are provided with the oblique'portions 4 and slots 5 therein for receiving the securing bolts 8. 1

I It willbe apparent that by forming the U-shaped arm in the manner set forth above the brackets may be readily applled to any one of the four posts of a bed and will be in position for readily supporting the ends of the bed rail. In Fig. 3, I have illustrated the bracket as applied to a post at one side of the bed, whereas the same type of bracket applied to the post upon the opposlte side of the bed will be in a position reverse to that shown in F or n ether rd the 1.9%?

side of the arm 3 in Fig. 3 will be positioned at the top upon the other side of the bed, thus it Was found necessary to form the arm in this manner in order to provide for the universal use of the lock.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In combination with an attaching plate having a U-shaped arm formed thereon and extending laterally therefrom, said arm hav-- ing longitudinal slots in the corners thereof, of a side rail having an opening in its vertex, a clamping bolt in said opening, a V-shaped head on the bolt embracing the sides of the rail and a wing nut upon the other end of the bolt adapted to be engaged with thearm for securely fastening the rail against movement relative to the arm.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

WILLIAM A. HAMILTON. 

